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The Blessed Buddha once explained:How, Bhikkhus, do the five mental hindrances multiply into ten? Own internal sense-desire is a hindrance. Other's external sense-desire is also a hindrance. Sense-desire is thus twofold: Internal and external!Own internal ill-will is a hindrance. Other's ill-will is a hindrances too... Lethargy is a mental hindrance. Any laziness is also a mental hindrance. Lethargy-and-laziness is therefore a dual mental hindrance.Restlessness is a mental hindrance. Regret & worry is also a hindrance. Therefore can restlessness-and-regret be explained as two hindrances.Any doubt and uncertainty about any internal condition, is a hindrance.Any doubt & uncertainty about an external condition, is a hindrance too.Thus does doubt-and-uncertainty become like a matched mirror pair...

More on these 5 Mental Hindrances (Nivaranas):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_5_Mental_Hindrances.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Feeding_the_Hindrances.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Starving_the_Hindrances.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Canal.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Naturally_Radiant.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suitable_Substitution.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4c.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Fire_of_Sense-Desire.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Colourful_but_Muddy.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Anger_and_Irritation.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Lethargy_and_Laziness.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Restlessness_and_Regret.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Doubt_and_Uncertainty.htm

The Venerable Channa once said to a fellow disciple:Friend Sariputta, it is because I have seen, known and directly experienced the momentary arising & ceasing of the eye, eye-consciousness, and any phenomena recognizable by eye-consciousness, that I indeed regard them all thus: This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self... Furthermore: It is because I have seen, known & directly experienced the momentary arising & ceasing of the ear, ear-consciousness, & any phenomena recognizable by ear-consciousness, the nose, olfactory consciousness, and any phenomena recognizable by such nose-consciousness, the tongue, gustatory-consciousness, and any phenomena recognizable by this tongue-consciousness, the body, body-consciousness, and any phenomena recognizable by this tactile consciousness, the mind, mental-consciousness, any phenomena recognizable by mental-consciousness, that I now indeed consider all these states thus: This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self... Then Venerable Mahacunda said to Venerable Channa: Then friend Channa, this teaching of the Buddha is to be given acute, constant & close attention:

In any dependence, there is always a shaky, risky & vacillating wavering! In all independence, there is neither any shaky, nor any risky wavering!

When there is no wavering, then there is tranquillity. When there is tranquillity, there is neither inclination, nor bias, nor bending, nor attraction, nor repulsion...When there is no such inclination, then there is neither any coming, nor any going! When there is no coming & going, there is no passing away, nor any being reborn...When there is neither passing away, nor being reborn, then there is neither here, nor beyond, nor in between the two. This –itself- is the very End of all Suffering...

A Brahmin Priest once asked the Blessed Buddha:Master Gotama, what is the cause of being unable to remember something that has been memorized over a long period & also that which has not?Brahmin, when mind is obsessed by evil-will, enraged & dominated by evil-will, and one does not understand any safe escape from this arisen ill of evil-will, in that very moment, one neither sees nor understands, what is advantageous, neither for oneself, nor for others, nor for both... On such enraged occasions, even texts, that have been long memorized, cannot be recalled by mind. Why is this neglect so? Imagine a bowl of water boiling and bubbling being well heated over a blazing fire. If a man with good eye-sight were to inspect the reflection of his own face in it, he would neither see nor recognize his own face, as it really is! So too, brahmin, when mind is obsessed by evil-will, maddened, beset & dominated by evil-will, on that occasion even those texts, that have been long memorized do not recur to the mind, not to speak of those texts, events and information, that have not been memorized at all…

Hate (Dosa) is one of the 3 Roots (Mula) of all Evil present in most beings!Anger, irritation, opposition & stubbornness are diluted derivatives of Hate:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Slaying_Anger.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Break_Anger.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/No_Revenge.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Appeasing_Anger.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Hot_Hostile_Hate.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Anger_and_Irritation.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Cure_Ill_Will.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Elimination_of_Anger.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Release_of_Resentment.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Cure_Anger_and_Irritation.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Cure_Cruelty_and_Revengefulness.htm

Question:>I've often seen you translate karuna as "pity," but isn't pity actually the near enemy of karuna?

Answer:Friend your good question exemplifies a common misconception and non-recognition of a mixed state…Since it depends how you define and thus understand “Pity” as a mixed state, or in itself as a pure state!

In itself Pure Pity = Karunâ is defined as:Pity originally means ‘feeling for and of other’s pain’, or "sympathy" and"empathy". However only IF mixed with egoism it gets more unsympathetic connotations of feeling of “own” superiority based on conscious or evenunconscious lack of respect of the sufferer's dignity, who is now seen as “inferior”. However this Evil does not come from pity itself, which is a pure compassion for the plight of the sufferer, but to the often unseen and overlooked aspect of mixed-in impurities of the EGO-conceit “I am Better”!Since for to say or think, even subconsciously, “I am Better” there just have to be present the mistaken belief in a non-existent Ego = The conceit that “I am” = asmi-mâna... Needless to say has this arrogant & pride-pumped “I”-dentification & “self”-deception nothing whatsoever to do with fellow feelings for another being’s suffering, though it can often subconsciously be mixed with it and thus polluting this in itself advantageous & good pure pity.

Moreover regarding karuna especially as "Buddhist Pity":There is no “sorrow” or “sadness” in this state as it is based on understanding of cause and effect. From the Visuddhimagga: http://what-buddha-said.net/library/pdfs/PathofPurification2011.pdf“One whose meditation subject is pity should arouse compassion for any [evil-doing] person even if he now is happy: “Though this poor wretch is now happy, cheerful, enjoying his wealth, still for want of even one single good deed done now in by any of the 3 doors of intentional behaviour he will come to experience untold future suffering in the states of loss.”

Cut short:A Noble Person feels empathy and pity for any being in Samsara due to understanding of the inherent dangers in that Samsaric trap for anyone without understanding of the 4 Noble Truths, but he does not feel sorrow or sadness on that account! If he did, then Pity (Karuna or Compassion) would not be an advantageous (kusala) mental state promoting Happiness, which is the sole purpose in the first place!

At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha said this:Bhikkhus, there are these five clusters of clinging! What five?

The cluster of clinging to form...The cluster of clinging to feeling...The cluster of clinging to perception... The cluster of clinging to construction... The cluster of clinging to consciousness...

When, Bhikkhus, a Noble Disciple understands as they really are:The arising, the ceasing, the satisfaction, the danger, and the escape from these five clusters of clinging, then he is called a Noble Disciple, who is a Stream-Enterer, no longer bound to the painful lower worlds, fixed in destiny, with Enlightenment as his assured destination!

Explanation: Being is Burning on Craving and Clinging:The body arises from food and ceases in absence of food. Feeling, perception & mental construction arises from contact and ceases in absence of sense contact. Consciousness arises from name-&-form and ceases in absence of this body-&-mind: mentality-&-materiality. These are the clusters proximate causes... Their remote causes is past ignorance, lust for them and intentional action (= Kamma) resulting in them! The satisfaction of these five clusters of clinging is the pleasure and joy they temporarily induce... The danger of these five clusters of clinging is their impermanence & inevitable fading away! The escape is the Noble Way of ceasing all craving for these 5 clusters of clinging! That ends suffering!

More on this Noble Stream-Entry:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Doors.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Enter.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Stream-Enterer.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Stream_Entrance.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Fruits_of_the_Noble_Way.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Links_to_Stream_Entry.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sotaapanna.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/ariya_puggala.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Helpers_to_Stream_Entry.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Entering_the_Stream_Supreme.htm

The Blessed Buddha once said:When this subtle Dhamma has been taught by me, in many various ways,using different methods of explanation, then it is only to be expected that those, who cannot agree, accept, allow, & approve of what reallyis well stated and well spoken by others, that they will become angry, quarrelsome and start disputes, where they will stab each other with verbal daggers! Yet too, when this sublime Dhamma has been taught by me, in many variable ways, using diverse methods of explanation, it is also only to be expected, that those, who can agree, accept, allow, and approve of what really is well formulated and well spoken of by others,that they will live in harmony, in calm, friendly and mutual appreciation, without arguments, blending like milk and water, regarding each other with kind eyes. In this very way can they come to sleep with open doors and dance with their children in their arms ...

So we can sleep with open doors & dance with the children in our arms!

More on High Harmony:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/United_in_Harmony.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Unique_Unity.htm

These 8 things, when cultivated and refined, lead to going beyond from this near shore, right here, to the far shore beyond all imagination. The Well-Gone-One, the supreme Teacher, then added this:

Few humans cross to that sublime far shore beyond all being.Mostly, people just run up and down along this barren bank!Those whose praxis is like this even and exact Dhamma,Will pass beyond the State of Death in quiet harmony!Having left all the dark and evil doing, any intelligenceSeeks the luminous bright light by leaving this turmoil,by going forth into solitary & silent homelessness. Secluded from lust, he experiences an unworldly bliss! Owing nothing, the wise and clever man thereby cleans himself of all these mental pollutions and defilements...Mentally well evolved by the 7 links to enlightenment,Delighting in non-clinging and relinquishment of all,Such luminous ones, having quenched all fermentation,Are fully released even right here in this world!

Crossing...

To the Other Side...

Source (edited extract):The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book [V:24] section 45: The Way. 34: Gone to the other side ... http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

The Other Side...http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Other_Side.htm

The Exalted Buddha once said:Bhikkhus, there are these 4 realizable states:What four?By the body one realizes the 8 releasing liberations.By memory one realizes one's prior lives in all diverse detail.By the divine eye one realizes the death & rebirth of beings.By understanding one realizes the elimination of the mental fermentations.These, Bhikkhus, are the 4 realizable states...

The next Buddha Metteyya depicted above will -just as I say now-many times explain: “You can come as you like, but you pay as you go!”

In the 1st meditative jhana absorption, all sense-desire ceases...In the 2nd meditative jhana absorption, conceptual thinking ceases.In the 3rd meditative jhana absorption, enraptured Joy ceases.In the 4th meditative jhana absorption, breathing in and out ceases.In the sphere of infinite space, experience of form & sense reaction ceases.In the sphere of infinite consciousness, experience of infinite space ceases.In the sphere of nothingness, experience of infinite consciousness ceases.In the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, nothingness ceases...When attaining complete mental cessation, all perception and sensation ceases.These 9 sublime states have been perfectly formulated by the blessed Buddha,who knew and saw directly. therefore should we recite them together for the future advantage, welfare and happiness for both human beings and devas...

More on meditative (jhana) absorption:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Art_of_Absorption.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Jhana_Absorption.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/g_m/jhaana.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Joys_Beyond_This_World.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Concentration.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Requisites_for_Jhana_Absorption.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Details_of_the_Jhana_Absorptions.htm

Source: The Exhaustive Speeches by the Buddha. Digha Nikaya 33http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=25103http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/digha/index.html

For the complete details of the entrance to these exalted states:see: The Path of Purification: Visuddhimagga. Chapter III-XI:http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=771100

They once asked a Bhikkhu just named 'Elder':How, Venerable Elder, is one living completely alone?Regarding this, the Elder responded:All that is past, this one has left all behind! All that is future, this one has all relinquished!All that is present now, this one has completely removed any desire & lust for...The intelligent, who has conquered all, who understands all phenomena,Who are from all things & states detached, disengaged, and unsoiled,Who has given up all, released by the irreversible removal of craving,Such One, I call: 'Living Alone'...

The 'local' mental world starts and ends within this 2m frame of bones...

Comment:In bad company with one's own greed, anger & confusion, one is never alone!

This Esala Poya day is the full-moon of July, which is noteworthy since on this celebrated day:1: The Blessed Buddha preached his First Sermon: The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta.2: The Bodhisatta was conceived in Queen Maya who dreamt a white elephant entered her side.3: The Blessed Buddha made the Great Withdrawal from the world at the age of 29 years.4: The Blessed Buddha performed the Twin Miracle (yamaka-patihariya) of dual appearance.5: The Blessed Buddha explained the Abhi-Dhamma in the Tavatimsa heaven to his mother.6: The ordination of Prince Arittha at Anuradhapura, under Arahat Mahinda on Sri Lanka.7: The foundation of the celebrated Mahastupa & enshrinement of relics by King Dutugemunu.8: The next day the yearly 3 months rains retreat (vassa) of Buddhist Bhikkhus start.

The Buddha performing the Twin Miracle of simultaneously producing water & flames from his body.

On such Uposatha Observance days:Any Lay Buddhist simply joins the Three Refuges and undertakes the Five Precepts like this: Newly bathed, shaved, white-clothed,with clean bare feet, one kneels at a shrine with a Buddha-statue,and bows first three times, so that feet, hands, elbows, knees andhead touch the floor. Then, with joined palms in front of the heart,one recite these memorized lines in a loud, calm & steady voice:

As long as this life lasts: I hereby take refuge in the Buddha.I hereby take refuge in the Dhamma.I hereby take refuge in the Sangha.

I hereby seek shelter in the Buddha for the 2nd time.I hereby seek shelter in the Dhamma for the 2nd time.I hereby seek shelter in the Sangha for the 2nd time.

I request protection from the Buddha for the 3rd time.I request protection from the Dhamma for the 3rd …I request protection from the Sangha for the 3rd time.I will respect these Three Jewels the rest of my life!

I accept to respect & undertake these 5 training rules: I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Killing.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Stealing.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Sexual Abuse.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Dishonesty.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Alcohol & Drugs.As long as this life lasts, I am thus protected by these 5 precepts...

Then, one keeps and protects these sacred vows better than one's owneyes & children!, since they protect you & all other beings much betterthan any army! They are the highest offer one can give in & to this world!This is the very start on the path towards Nibbana -the Deathless Element-This is the Noble Way to Peace, to Freedom, to Bliss, initiated by Morality,developed further by Dhamma-Study and fulfilled by training of Meditation...

Today indeed is Pooya or Uposatha or observance day, where any lay Buddhistnormally keeps the Eight Precepts from sunrise until the next dawn...If any wish an official recognition by the Bhikkhu-Sangha, they may simplyforward the lines starting with "I..." signed with name, date, town & countryto me or join here. A public list of this new Saddhamma-Sangha is here!

The New Noble Community of Disciples: The Saddhamma Sangha: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Saddhamma_Sangha.htm

Can quite advantageously be Joined Here:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm

May your journey hereby be eased, light, swift and sweet. Never give up !!!

Bhikkhu Samahita: what.buddha.said@gmail.com

For Details on Uposatha Observance Days http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/uposatha.html

By knowing that:Mutual Joy is the proximate cause of sweet, fully satisfied contentment!Lack of mutual joy is therefore the proximate cause of discontentment!Mutual Joy instantly eliminates acidic jealousy, grudge and green envy!Mutual Joy is an infinite, truly divine, elevating and sublime mental state!Mutual Joy is 1 of the 4 mental states of the Brahma-devas (Brahmavihara)

The Blessed Buddha pointed out: If it were impossible to cultivate this Good, I would not tell you to do so!

Buddhaghosa:See how this worthy being is very Happy!How fine! How excellent! How sweet!

Let there be Happiness. Let there be open Freedom.Let there be Peace. Let there be Bliss from cultivating this.Let there be Understanding of this mental state of Mutual Joy!

Cultivation of Mutual Joy is the specific medicine against Envy & Jealousy:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Mutual_Joy.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Rejoicing_Joy.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Infinitely_Joyous_Consciousness.htm

Venerable Sariputta once pointed out the danger of delight:If, friends, one is not freed of lust, desire, attraction, thirst,passion and craving for the manifold various forms, feelings,experiences, constructions and types of consciousness, then with the inevitable change in and alteration of these forms, feelings, experiences, constructions and types of consciousness,one invariably experiences disappointment, dissatisfaction, discontent, frustration, sorrow, pain and despair...!!! One who lives immersed in these derivatives of greed, therefore suffersin this very life from the continual fever of wanting, needing, longing, frustration and urge... Moreover, when dying and this body is breaking up, the greedy one can expect a bad destination!!!This is the immanent danger and side-effect of desire and craving...

If, however, one is freed of all lust, desire, attraction, thirst,passion and craving for the manifold various forms, feelings,experiences, constructions and types of consciousness, then with the inevitable change in and alteration of these, one does not experience any disappointment, dissatisfaction, discontent, pain, frustration, sorrow, nor any despair... Not living immersed in these derivatives of greed, one does therefore not suffer from any hotfever of neither wanting, nor longing, nor any urge. Moreover, when dying and this body is breaking up, such cooled and calmed one can expect a good destination!!! This is the quite blissful advantage and assured benefit of removal of desire and craving here and now...

More on this dual Desire (Chanda):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Fire_of_Sense-Desire.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Desire_as_Way_to_Force.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Obstructing_Corruption.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Desireless_is_Deathless.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Two_kinds_of_Desire.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Colourful_but_Muddy.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/b_f/chanda.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Charcoal_Pit.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Desire_and_Lust.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Just_a_Flash.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism

Source: Venerable Sariputta, General of the Dhamma.The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya III 7-9http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

The Blessed Buddha once remarked on speculation on existence:This world, Kaccana, is generally chained up by engaged involvement, panic clinging and attachment to various views! But one of right view neither becomes engaged, nor does he cling to any such rigid commitment, blind assumption, mental standpoint, adherence, nor underlying tendency!He does not take a stand about 'My Self', nor has he any perplexity or doubt about whatever arises, then it is only Suffering that arises, & whatever ceases, then it is only Suffering that ceases! His assurance about this, is independentof others... In this way, Kaccana, is there advanced right view!!!The mistaken postulate: "All exists": Kaccana, this is the one extreme.... The equally mistaken postulate: "All does not exist"; is the opposite extreme!Without veering towards either ofthese futile extremes, theTathagata alwaysteaches the Dhamma from this exceedingly subtle, and intriguing Middle: Conditioned by ignorance, mental construction arises.Conditioned by construction, consciousness arises.Conditioned by consciousness, name-&-form arises.Conditioned by name-&-form, the-6-senses arises.Conditioned by the-6-senses, contact arises.Conditioned by contact, feeling arises.Conditioned by feeling, craving arises.Conditioned by craving, clinging arises.Conditioned by clinging, becoming arises.Conditioned by becoming, birth arises.Conditioned by birth, ageing, decay, & death arises.Such is the arising of this whole mass of suffering...!

More on Right View:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_View.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Straight_View.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Leaving_Wrong_View.htm

More on Buddhist Ontology: What exists & how does it exist?http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_Exists.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/ontology.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Advanced_Right_View.htm

Empty Frame: Having done this and gone beyond it, he regards & perceives any body, own or others, only as a chained frame of bones covered with flesh, vessels, fat & skin. This is the second attainment of Vision...

Chain of Moments: Having done this & gone further, he comes to understand and directly experience this continuous sequence of discrete conscious moments established in and manifesting both this world and all the other dimensions. This is the third attainment of Vision...

Continuous yet not Established: Finally, having done this & gone even further than beyond that, he comes to understand & directly experience this unbroken stream of consciousness, which is neither established in, nor manifesting anything in this or any other world... This is the fourth attainment of Vision...

More on the crucial 1st & 2nd Anatomical Visions:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Meditation_On_the_Body_Kayagata-Sati.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/g_m/kaaya_gata_sati.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_9_Corpse_Meditations.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Body_as_only_Form.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Evil-smelling_body.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_32_Parts.htm

The Blessed Buddha once explained: Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of suffering. What three?

1: The Suffering caused by painful feeling... (dukkha-dukkha)2: The Suffering caused by construction... (sankhara-dukkha)3: The Suffering caused by change… (viparinama-dukkha)

These are the three kinds of suffering! This Noble 8-fold Way is to be developed for the direct experience of these three kinds of suffering, for the full understanding of them, for their complete elimination, and for their final overcoming, abandoning and leaving all behind…The Noble 8-fold Way is to be developed for Ending of Suffering!!!

More on Suffering (Dukkha):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/What_is_Suffering.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Origin_of_Suffering.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Contemplating_Suffering_2.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_1st_Noble_Truth_on_Suffering.htm

1: Review the Danger in Hate like this: This Anger can bring me to a bad destination, downfall, pain, even to hell!

2: Know the outlet is Patience, Tolerance and Forbearance:The Blessed Buddha once said: The greatest praxis is patience...

3: Begin and Cultivate meditation on Infinite Friendliness:Sit down a silent & empty place with closed eye and beam from your heart:May I be successful, happy, calmed & freed from all hostility and anger! May my friends be successful, happy, calmed & freed from all hostility!May my enemies be successful, happy, calmed & freed from all hostility!May all in this village be successful, happy, calmed & freed from hostility!May all in this town be successful, happy, calmed & freed from hostility!May all in this city be successful, happy, calmed & freed from hostility!May all in this country be successful, happy, calmed & freed from hostility!May all in this earth be successful, happy, calmed & freed from hostility!May all in this galaxy be successful, happy, calmed & freed from hostility!May all in this universe be successful, happy, calmed & freed from hostility!so gradually expanding beyond the limitations of space & into infinitude!

4: Note the elation & Joy of mind so trained by infinite goodness as object!Whenever aversion, anger or irritation reappears, then immediately redirect mind to this remembered sign of the mind released into infinite good-will. Please indeed note that the anger instantly evaporates and an ability to smile of ones own foolish temper can begin to shine outward again. :-)

5: Training of Infinite Friendliness can induce the first jhana absorption,and thus can lead to a high rebirth as a divinely fine material brahma deva.6: Keep on doing that 15-45 min every day. Note difference during the day!May all beings be free from suffering, pain and frustration and be happy.May all beings be free from anger, irritation, opposition & stubbornness!

The Blessed Buddha once said:Let no one deceive another,or despise anyone anywhere,or through anger or irritationwish for another to suffer...Khuddakapatha 9

Slay anger and you will be happy,Slay anger and you will not sorrow.For the slaying of anger in all its formswith its poisoned root and sweet sting,that is the only slaying the Nobles praise;With anger slain one sorrows no more!Samyutta Nikaya I, 161

Not by anger is Hate ever quenched.Only by Kindness is Hate always quenched.This Ancient Law is an Eternal Truth ...Dhammapada 5

See also: Anger is a diluted derivative of hate = Dosa:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Cure_Cruelty_and_Revengefulness.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Elimination_of_Anger.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Cure_Ill_Will.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Anger_and_Irritation.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Subduing_Irritation.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Appeasing_Anger.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Boiling_but_burnt.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/No_Revenge.htmhttp://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Break_Anger.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Slaying_Anger.htm

The Buddha once told a deity:This world is suffering from Death,Troubled by ageing, decay and sickness,Wounded by the Dart of constant Craving!Always is it burning with Desire and Lust...This world is addicted to Delight and Pleasure,Since dragged around by this urge and longing, Craving must be cut, to break free from bondage and reach the only absolute freedom: Nibbana...

Comments:How can there be any freedom if there still is craving, longing and clinging to something... Craving is Mental Slavery! Craving is a Prison of urge...

Source:The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya I 40http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

On Craving as the Cause of all Suffering see: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Craving_is_Pain.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_3_kinds_of_Craving.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2nd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Cause_of_Suffering.htm

Actually Factual...

This World is Messed Up in Craving!http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Actually_Factual.htm

Buddha once explained the Advantages of Friendship (Mittanisamsa):He who maintains genuine friendship, never betraying anybody, will always whenever he goes far out of his home, receive abundance of hospitality. Many will obtain their benefit through him.

He who nurtures genuine friendship will be honoured in whatever country, village, town, house, group or family he visits.

He who perpetuates genuine friendship will triumph over all his enemies. Robbers cannot overpower him. Royalty will not look down upon him.

He who continues genuine friendship, returns home with feeling of amity, rejoices in the crowds of people, and becomes the chief among his kinsmen.

He who keeps up genuine friendship, being hospitable to all others, in turn, receives hospitality. Being respectful to others, in turn, receives respect. He enjoys both praise and fame.

He who sustains genuine friendship, a generous giver, receives gifts himself. Worshipping the worthy, will himself be worshipped gaining prosperity & fame.

He who upholds genuine friendship, shines gloriously like fire, radiant like a deity. Prosperity and good fortune will never forsake or leave him.

He who prolongs genuine friendship, will enjoy abundant wealth. What is sown in his field will flourish. The fruit of that which is sown he enjoys.

He who carries on genuine friendship, should he fall from a precipice or mountain or tree, he will be protected and will not be seriously harmed.

He who preserves genuine friendship cannot be overthrown by enemies even as the deep-rooted banyan tree cannot be overthrown by the gust of wind.

More on this mighty Friendliness (Metta) and Friendship: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Unsurpassable_Radiance.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/All-Embracing_Kindness.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Symbiotic_Sympathy.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/The_11_Advantages.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Genuine_Goodwill.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Blazing_Goodwill.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Cosmic_Goodness.htmhttp://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Unbounded_Mind.htmhttp://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Goodness_Galore.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Loving-Kindness.htmhttp://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Hey_Friend.htm

The cooling of all craving, The stilling of all construction, The releasing of all the clinging, The relinquishing of all acquisition, Detachment, disillusion, ceasing, Formless, senseless and deathless, Silent, free, & blissful pure peace... Nibbâna... Yeah!!!

More on this uncreated state - Nibbana (Sanskrit = Nirvana):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Peace.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Final_Freedom.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/climax_of_calm.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Reaching_Peace.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2_Nibbanas.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/What_is_Nibbana.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Proximate_Cause.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Nibbana_or_non-return.htm

The Noble Eightfold Way, leading to Nibbana, is simply this:Right ViewRight MotivationRight SpeechRight ActionRight LivelihoodRight EffortRight AwarenessRight ConcentrationBut what is Right View?

Right View of Ownership of Kamma:All beings are owners of their kamma, inherit their kamma, are born of their kamma, are created by their kamma, arelinked to their kamma and any intentional action (=kamma)they do, whether good or bad, the effects of that will betheirs only, following them like a shadow, that never leaves...This is Right View!

Right View of the Ten Phenomena:Giving alms has good effects, any self-sacrifice results in pleasure, small gifts are also beneficial. There is resulting fruition thus of any good and any bad behaviour. There is moral efficacy of any relation to mother and father. There is this world and there are other worlds. There are beings who are spontaneously and instantaneously born. There exist good and pure recluses and priests in this world, who having followed the right method of practice, themselves by their own supra-human abilities, have directly experienced the other worlds and who explain them and thereby make them known here...This is Right View!

Right View of the Four Noble Truths:Right view of this is Suffering...Right view of Craving is the Cause of Suffering...Right view of No Craving is the End of Suffering...Right view of the Noble 8-fold Way leads to the end of Suffering...This is Right View!

More on Right View (Samma-ditthi): http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/g_m/magga.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Advanced_Right_View.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Certain_Rightness.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Sun.htm

Further study: Majjhima Nikaya 9. Samma-ditthi Sutta: The Discourse on Right View:http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn009.html

The Noble 8-fold Way, leading to Nibbana, is simply this:Right ViewRight MotivationRight SpeechRight ActionRight LivelihoodRight EffortRight AwarenessRight ConcentrationBut what is Right Motivation?

Right Motivation is Triple:

1: The Motivation for Withdrawal:Being motivated by a general absence of greed, craving, and desire!Being motivated by generous giving relinquishing all possessiveness.Being motivated by detachment from the five sense-desires of urge for alluring and tempting sights, sounds, smells, tastes and touches...Being motivated by cutting attachment to the 5 clusters of clingingto forms, feelings, perceptions, constructions and consciousness...Such radical renunciation is Right Motivation!

2: The Motivation for Non-Ill-Will = Friendly Goodwill:Being motivated by universal friendliness, infinite goodwill, care,non-anger, hatelessness and a sympathy wishing and working for allsentient being's happiness, content, comfort, benefit and welfare...Such gentle kindness is Right Motivation!

3: The Motivation for Non-Violence = Harmlessness:Being motivated by absolute non-violence, absence of cruelty, and bycompassionate pity, thereby offering all sentient beings guaranteed safety and protection from any evil, painful, bad or wrong treatment...Such giving of protective fearlessness to all is Right Motivation!

The opposites of these advantageous intentions are Wrong Motivation...

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More on Right Motivation (Samma-Sankappa):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Sincere_Motivation.htm

Further study: Majjhima Nikaya 117. Maha-cattarisaka Sutta: The Discourse on The Great Forty:http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn117.html

Any well motivated Buddhist inclined for non-greed sees the danger in all desire...Any well motivated Buddhist inclined for non-hate recognizes the error in all anger.Any well motivated Buddhist inclined for understanding knows the block of ignorance.Any well motivated Buddhist inclined for renunciation feels the miseries of lay life.Any well motivated Buddhist inclined for seclusion perceives the stress of society.Any well motivated Buddhist inclined for release comprehends the panic in clinging.Any well motivated Buddhist inclined for awakening is dedicated to ending of rebirth!This degree of whole-hearted sincerity, dedication and resolute determination does indeed determine the remaining time in Samsara before finally reachingNibbana...

More on this crucial issue of Motivation:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Samsara.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Signless_Nibbana.htmhttp://what-buddha-said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Motivation.htm

The Noble Eightfold Way, leading to Nibbana, is simply this:Right View, Right Motivation, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Awareness, and Right Concentration.But what is Right Speech ?

1: Avoiding all lying, pretending and any false speech...2: Abstaining from any kind of divisive or splitting talk...3: Refraining from all aggressive or irritated scolding...4: Stilling of any idle and empty gossiping...That is Right Speech!

The Characterization of Noble Speech:Eliminating any false speech any Noble Friend dwells avoiding all lies, a truth-speaker, one to be relied on, trustworthy, loyal, not a deceiver of the world. Abstaining from malicious speech, he does not tell them there, what he has heard about those here, or repeat here, what he heard there, harming those there. Thus is he a reconciling diplomat stilling all quarrels. The Noble Friend is rejoicing in peace, loving it, delighting in it, one who defends peace. Abandoning all harsh and aggressive speech he refrains from it. He speaks whatever is blameless and pleasing to the ear, agreeable, touching the heart, elegant, gratifying and appealing to the many. Discarding idle and empty chatter, he speaks at the right time & only about what is correct, advantageous & to the point, of Dhamma and self-control. He is a speaker, whose words are to be treasured and remembered, timely, reasoned, well-defined, well-formulated, beneficial and leading to the goal... This is Right and Noble Speech!

Buddha once noted:Man is born with an axe in his mouth, whereby he cuts himself down!

The Ten Advantageous Subjects:Talk on the Modesty of having few wants,Talk on the Bliss of Contentment,Talk on the Joy of Seclusion,Talk on the Ease of Disentanglement,Talk on the Energy of Enthusiasm,Talk on the Advantage of Morality,Talk on the Calm of Concentration,Talk on the Insight of Understanding,Talk on the Freedom of Release,Talk on the Direct Knowledge and Vision of Release ... Such is Right Speech!

The many kinds of Pointless Talk (also today called NEWS!):Such as talk on kings, robbers, ministers, armies, dangers, wars,foods, drinks, clothing, furniture, jewelry, cosmetics, relatives,vehicles, villages, towns, cities, countries, women, heroes, places, amusements, the dead, trifles, the origin of the world, the origin of the sea, whether metaphysical things are so, or are not so...Such talk is pointless, irrelevant, detrimental, empty of any good...

Divisive Gossip!

Knowing right and wrong speech as right and wrong speech, is right view.Awareness of presence of right and wrong speech, is right awareness.Exchanging wrong speech with right speech, is right effort...

More on Right Speech (Samma Vaca):http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/samma-vaca.htmlhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Not_Splitting.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Not_Scolding.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Not_Deceiving.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Not_Gossiping.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Speech.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Fourfold_Right_Speech.htm

What is Right Speech?http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Speech.htm

Karuna is feeling the pain of other beings, either partially or completely;

Possible translations:1: Pity not from above: “I am better”, but as if in the other being’s shoes…2: Compassion is OK, but that is difficult to reach up to for many beings…3: Fellow feeling, sympathy, empathy, understanding are all OK, but somewhat missing these essential points:

A: It is an inability to see and accept other being’s suffering and distress!B: It is a deep desire to make others feel free, glad, happy and peaceful!C: It is extended to and pervaded over many beings simultaneously…

The proximate cause of Karuna = pity is noticing other being’s helplessness.The immediate effect of Karuna = pity is evaporation of all evil cruelty!

Pity (Karuna) is one of the four divine and infinite dwellings (Brahmavihara):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Endless_Pity.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Safe_Medicine.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Karuna_is_Pity.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/What_is_Wrong.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Great_Compassion.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Compassionate_Pity.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Space_Compassion.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/b_f/brahma_vihaara.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Cure_Cruelty_and_Revengefulness.htm